Word: verneuil
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...modern, stylishly bohemian society in which it is set, this naughty old story (from Louis Verneuil's moth-eaten play, Jealousy, recently revived on Broadway as Obsession) seems doubly ridiculous. It is impossible to believe that 1) Bette would try to conceal her past, or 2) Henreid could be deceived for a minute...
Obsession (translated from the French of Louis Verneuil by Jane Hinton; produced by Homer Curran in association with Russell Lewis & Howard Young) was called Jealousy when it was first produced on Broadway in 1928. As a stunt play containing only two characters, it created a modest stir. It will-rouse little interest now. The play itself, stuffed with straw. by this time is also covered with dust. Perhaps it would still make a show piece for a pair of enormously skillful actors; but Eugenie Leontovich, with her fussy tricks and alien corn, and Basil Rathbone, with his striding and reciting...
...FABULOUS LIFE OF SARAH BERNHARDT -Louis Verneuil-Harper...
...Louis Verneuil's book is the first fully documented biography of Sarah Bernhardt in English. It is a little too reverential, but gives a vivid, intimate report of the legendary Sarah. Biographer Verneuil is La Bernhardt's grandson-in-law who, like all her household, except her son Maurice, always addressed Actress Bernhardt simply as "Great." Verneuil is also a French playwright who is known in the U.S. for his Broadway plays (Oh, Mama, Matrimony Preferred) and movies (True Confession, My Life with Caroline...